The first nest was successful, with 2 young hatching out and both growing to adulthood. These are the pics I managed to get of the second nest. Unfortunately, this was also the last nest, as, before it was occupied, the garden service was called in to cut down a tree and do various other clearing (3 days). The Weaver stopped building, dismantled the nest, and has not built another one, although he's still around, and his ladies are still around and still interested

By 14 November – Came back to find the 3 November nest demolished, and another two built, closer to main nest (still in use). The left-hand one looks, by its colour, to have been completed in the past couple of days.

30 November – I must have been wrong about the new nest being occupied (the female I saw emerging was evidently only inspecting show-houses), as both the top nests have been demolished, and a new nest, well above the remining bottom two and well to the left, has been built.

16 December – New nest built above and behind the “centre” nest. 27 December – New nest in the “top left” position. Both older nests appear to be occupied – females seen emerging from both. 30 December – New nest demolished. 31 December – Rear nest torn down, leaving only the “centre” one (I was evidently wrong about the rear one being occupied).

This is the first nest of the 2013 season. The odd thing is, I have an idea it may be a Cape Weaver's nest. I have seen no sign of the Southern Masked weaver male for several weeks, but the male Cape Weaver, in almost full breeding dress (still hasn't got the full colours -- brown on the face, etc) has been in constant evidence for about 3 weeks, together with several females, including one with TWO orange rings, one on each leg (remember I could see only one leg before). The male flies constantly between the feeding stations and the direction of the nesting area, and today I spotted a partly constructed nest, but what species it belongs to I'm unable to say. The two old nest date from December last year and have, I presume, been used as sleeping-roosts and rain-shelters during the off-season.